The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 11, 1906, Image 1
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CHRONICLE.
V<>UJ.\1K XVII.
CAM DUN, S. C.. t'UIDA V. M A VII. l'Khi.
NO. IK.
MINERS til)] 10 strike
Convention Accepts Proposal ol the
Anthracite Operators.
HARD COAL REGION REJOICES
*?"> **??,,, ,4) Worl< |1|i(lt;r |h||
" ''?""??iHiloii ol Agr?>iii?iii
lt? 'tcicriiiiueii nl 4 onior^iioo ol
4>|i?ritt?i? Mh|ftrt. omCMU
''=??! Mt| ? Me|( W||1 Not SunVr#
^ |?a. I I,,.,.,. wi), |u, 1|o Ulilil
*' N 4 1 ? and I lie inhabitants of the ;
A it ? In ii t-ii , i|ii.ys al.(, jiti, (!;,?[ Soon
"im 111'.- litliic \\<?rk??r>s" convention as- I
?emh|cd Hi,. i,.|?,n <?r i In' Soilo ( 'mil- I
imn.e was |ir,s,.in?,| i,v John Mitchell
' "'niueiidiiig that ill" men return to
work under ili,. award of the Anthra
Mlikt' ( (,||. UiissioU.
Iii urging Hi,, adoption of tin* report.
Mr. Mitcheii >aid it whs better to re
new I hi? award of tin' commission
man to accepi ( Im- operator*' restrieted
I an nt arbitration, under which lie
eared t he wage of the highest paid
men would ln> reduced for the purpose
?I giving it to the lowest paid men.
"Ihai might .seem fair to the Ilourd
"I Arbitration,"' he added, "hut it
would not he fair to us. What we
ihii.N, do is to raise the lowest paid men
to the standard of the best paid. From
the information I have received from
all parts ol the region 1 am fearful
Huh our people are not in shape for a
strike.
I Know there are many among us
who are not in sympathy with a strike
movement. We must retain what we
Inive. rather than lose what we gained
in i In- last t w ( i-ii
In deciding mis question,., may 1 j
ask you to do it without passion or
sentiment, Imt with due regard to
what Is best now. Whate.ver your de
cision. whether it be strike or whether
ii he work, I ask you to remain to
gether. actvpiing without reservation
the conclusion of the majority."
Mr. Mitchell's remarks were heartily
npp'aiidcd .itiii thfre was not a dis
senting voice i<> the report of the Scale
Coiinnitt e. which is as- follows:
"l-'lrst - " hat we agree to work on the
basis of 1 1 : i ? award cf tlic\ Anthracite
Coal Strike Coin mission for Vuch period
ol lime as may he agreed \ipon mu
tually between the representatives of
I lie anthracite coal mining cotupanies
and our Stale Committee; provided,
that alt men who suspended work on
April I, or since that time, or who
liave been dismissed because they
? ?' ."d t!ia, ilny would refuse to work
ji a is i':I: !? w.'i-e t". ? ?laret!, are rein
Mated 1n their former positions and
working places.
"Second i'hat the Scale Committee
proceed at once to meet the represen
tatives ot' the c.ial companies with a
view to procuring an agreement upon
this basis.
"Third That the cr^i volition shall re
main in session until Tuesday, and
the Scale Camiuiitce shall report to the
convention 'it that liiue.
"Fourth? Thai the suspension of
work sliaii enntiuue until an agree
ment has been made, and its terms ap
proved I \ 'he convention.''
This recommendation was signed by
the full Scale Committee, adopted
unanimously by the convention and a
telegram mmii to Mr. 15aer asking for a
conference. A favorable response was
received.
A leading, coal operator said: "Be
assured that" there .will be no dlscrim-'
iuatiou against the .men."
A telegram was received from Mr.
liaer to the same effect.
There is general rejoicing through
out the anthracite region by mine
workers and business men over John
Mitchell's declaration for peace In the
mine workers' convention, and be is
being praised for preventing the con
vention from precipitating a strike
which would have been long and bit
ter and caused widespread suffering.
In the opinion of many Mitchell lias
gained sirength with the public by the
mai'i: >r in which he has brought the
crisis io such an outcome.
IXSUHAN<'|-: Ct,.\l I 'AW IU'INKD. I
Oldest h i re In.siira.icu Conoern in Chi
cago <.'?><??. Into Receiver's Hands."
Chicago. Hi..? Tin Tradeis' lust..
nnce i oiupuny. one of the oldest tire
risk concerns in Chieago, u.ul with
many jo'oniinmt tiuancier on its direc
torate, tii-s W;?ii placed in the hnr.'ds of
u recei'Cr.
This action was taken in Judge
M.acli'.. ?<Mirt at the instance o." the <li
rectors i en fives. Myron L. Smith,
president of the Northern Trust Com
pany, was a|ijK.iited by the court to
take chaise ol' ihe company's affairs.
His bond was fixed a' S-.<HK),t)tM5.
Crushing i sse.- .sutTered as a result
of the San FnYlicisco >m ihquake and
lire .'(!:? w!::: i l:.i\e laid tiie <<mpaiiy
low.
' 1 ' 1 : res'ii* of tin r.'.Jia p>e will he !
total loss K *.he slock holders. liieir j
*ioc.; hea ri. - < mirket valuo'*of s;;.
fiOO.POO. the virtual wiping out or insur
anee polit ies to il:e amount of S 1 ?;<>.
OtNt.UOt) and a i mv I compromise set
tlement of the San Francisco losses,
wlilcit, it i> estiir.ated. will net the los
or* there little more i!iiimM\\4>- thirds of
iheir claims. A soot* of, smaller tire
jnsaiance companies -are faeln'p trouble
as a result of the Traders* crash.
Mori. nn Kisi.op Aires, etl r'or Tolygauty j
.1. t?'. .loiiey. Hisiiop ?>f t !n* Mormon
Church at l.cwll. V. yo.. one or the
leaders of ! ? la rue .Mormon colony
that Ins titled thai State iu the
last. ? wo years, has '?een arrested on a
charge tf unlntnhiiu1; poly pi mo us re
lations with two wives.
KHODK ISf.AXP Fl.O.VTKD.
t'etir Tugs Slicoood In (.'citing Big Iiot
tleyhip Oft Sand R:u\
? y<?rfall?.? Va?r TiiO lattloinp Khode
"fslvnl wis Hon tod after haviug leen
ftgronml on York Spit l?nr two day*. it
was d?ft to thr effort* of four powerful
L.1V.1I tug#? the t'neas. Walinetn. Her
ft ties ami Mohawk? that fno Ctln war
vra* dm vn from tin Kami liar.
She was floated at lilwrh tide. Tlie
<Timi*r .Mi:n?ca|?pli? *icnl I y and an w
the Wiodo Island pulled .'roiu die ahual.
fatal railroad wreck ]
Fast Trains Collide on the Pennsy'*
vania Neat* Altoona,
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M l?i)liit?imtrtiiilliiK <?f Onlrm mill it Krnliilil
?tlurkmlr l<?N|>(>iiiilt)l? I'or .Hliiasti- 1' |>
?Ten K ? Mmiy IiiJuj?mI.
Altoona, Tit (!li ion go mail (rain No.
I 18, ciisthounsy and the Chicago and
j St. Louis Kxpross No. '11 , westbound,
collided while running on (ho Penn
| sylvauin Itailroad at full speed, oigh
toon miles west of this city, at 111
| o'clock p. m. Ten persons were killed
and many were injured.
The collision was indirectly due to a
freight smash on tho middle division
at H.'Ji oMoik, when twenty seven
loaded cars of an casthound fright
wore wrecked at I'nion Furnace, ahout
twenty miles south ot here, blocking
all tracks.
In order to avoid detention of trains
passenger traffic was sent over the
Petersburg branch. The Pennsylvania
Special, the eighteen hour tlyer, west
hound. was the ll'st train to pass
around and make fhe trip in safety.
No. '21, the St. Louis and Chicago Ex
press, was the next (rain to bo sent
west hound over the branch. It col
lided with No. IS, the Chicago Mail,
going in an opposite direction, on a
single track, near Clover Creek Junc
tion.
Both locomotives were wrecked. Six
cars on No. 18? live mail cars and a
coach -were caught In the smnshup.
The accident appears to have result
ed from a misunderstanding of orders
on the part of the train crew of the
Chicago and St. I.ouis Express.
1'hysleians from Altoona. Hunting
don and Williamsburg were sent to the
scene to render aid to the injured, who
were brought io mo Altoona Hospital.
The dead are:
.1. \Y. Wagner, postal clerk on No.
IS. of Mifflin, Pa.; died on way to hos
pital
J. \V. Cox, No. 18, of Downinglon,
Pa.; killed instantly.
15. IT. Shullz. postal clerk. No. 18.
Washingtonboro. Pa.; died on way to
hospital.
II. S. Jones, postal clerk. No. 18, of
Lickdale, Pa.; killed instantly.
F. (J. Harder, brakenian. No. IS, of
Ilarrishurg; killed instantly.
J. W. Horr. baggage master of No.
21. Elizabeth, N. J.; diet] on the way to
hospital.
Mrs. W. N. Trinkle, of Duncannon;
killed Instantly.
Max Carlowe, in charge of horses on
No. IS, of South Norwalk, Conn.; killed
instantly.
.T. W. Conover. traveling salesman,
Now York; .killed instantly.
G. H. Law. President of the York
Neckwear Company, of York. Pa.
The ofllolnl report of the "wreck
?-shows that twenty-two passengers
were in the coach which was directly
behind the engine of the castbound
train. Four were killed by the tele
scoping of the conch by the postal car
Immediately in its rem*, and the other
eighteen were hurl, fortunately sonic
of them but slightly. The postal cav
contained seven clerks. The front end
was mashed in and the roof torn off
by the roof of the coach. The front
of the car fell to the track and the
rear raised, pitching the clerks into the
midst of -the wreckntjt. , Four of the
clerks were killed. , ' ,
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ItAl'S KA1LUOADS VOIt DKATIIS
Interilnlo Coimurrrr (,'omml unlit. i Kvporli
llO'J Killed In Tlir?? Months.
Washington, D. C. An almost un
precedented number of casualties to
railroad employes throughout the eouu
try occurred during the lust tlireo
months of last year, according to the
accident bulletin for that period issued
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The number ol' persons killed iu
train accidents during the quarter as
shown in reports made by the railroad
companies to t lie commission under the
Accident law was ;52(>, and of injured
:'.7i?7. Accidents. <^f other kinds, includ
ing those sustained by employes while
at work and by passengers getting on
or off the carsd etc.. bring the total
number of casualties up to 18,1227?1109
killed and 17.11V Injured.
The reports dVai only with passen
gers and employes on duly and take
no account of the hundreds killed and
maimed at crossings, etc.
There were 2077 collisions and 10i."?
derailments, of which 207 collisions
and 133 derailments affected passenger
trains. The damaj.e to cars, engines
and roadways by these accidents
amounted to *2.817,21)4.
The Commerce Commission points
out that the list o' casualties for the;
quarter Is larger in nearly every item,
than durin,; the preceding quarter, ltj
attributes this part!y to the increase In)
tratlie, 'Ait largely to the fact thaf. yewi
and untried men were entrusted with
dangerous duties, and that employes
of r.ll classes were Kept on duty for
many nours beyond a reasonable day.
TEN Y IiA KS FOK A VKOKESNOU.
Author of Noted Hook Forged Deed
to City IaM.
Kansas City. Mo.? Convicted of for
gery, Michael Angelo Mcdiiuis, a for
mer college professor and author of a
standard work on mathematics, was
sentenced to ten "years iu the penlten-'
fiary. McGinnis and a confederate
forged a deed to n city lot and sold th<?
property for *300.
While publishing a newspaper iu
Newton County, Mo., McGinnls was
sent to the penitentiary for misuse of
the mails, and while there wrote the
book which niacSc him famuli* niiii
mathematicians throughout the world.
After his release the book was pub
lished simultaneously in America and
England.
Pipe Line Common Carriers^
Au ntuendiiieut to tlio U.illroad Hats,
bill making pipe Hues Hiibject to the
Interstate Commerce Commission was
passed uimulniously. ? j
Trust Import* Zinc.
The Steel Trust Imports nine at a I
price helow that demanded by tie
Zluc Tn.st.
James B. Duke Divorced.
A decree of ^Ivprte was granted la |
New Jersey to J?n?ew H. Duke. ,
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
4? ? ' ?
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraph*! Cover
ing a Wide Range ? What it$ Going
On in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, steady 11
New Orleans, quiet , 11
Mobile, quiet , . 11
Savannah, quiet ..../. 11
< 'harleston, firm ....
Wilmington, steady 11
Norfolk, quiet 11 i
Baltimore, nominal 11
New York, quiet 11.
Boston, quiet 11
Philadelphia, steady l'J.OO
Houston, quiet 11 .'5-S
Augusta, quiet 11 .r>-l(i
Memphis, steady 11 J-l<>
St . Louis, quiet 11 l-l
Louisville, firm 11 1-2
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These prices represent the priees
j'ai<l to wagohs;
Good middling*.'. . 11 1-2
Strict middling 11 1-2
Middling II Il-S
Good middling, tinged II
Stains 1> 1-1 to 1 0 1 -2
A Bad Shooting Scrape.
Columbia, Special. ? A highly sen
sational shooting scrape between, two
prominent men, both well-known in
Columbia, occurred at !l o'clock
Thursday morning' at Chapin, a
small station 'on the C. N. & L. rail
road as the mixed freight and pas
songer train stopped there on its way
into Columbia from Laurens. Dr.
Rowland K. Smith was in the baggage
coach on his way to Columbia where
his father lives. The passengers in
the coach next to it were completely
taken by surprise by a regular fusi
lade of revolver shots between Dr.
Smith and his fellow-townsman of
Chapin, T. M. Brown, who opened uj
on his assailant from near the tracks
The two men eiyjdied their revolvers*
at each other, but not a shot took ef
fect. Dr. Smifh came on to Columbia.
Mr. Brown remained at Chapin. The
passengers 'were indignant about the
matter and, on the arrival of the trait!
here, President L. 1). Childs of t fir
road, at once instituted an investiga
tion among the crew and others, will
the result that the matter was turn
ed over to the road's attorney witl>
instructions to prosecute the princi
pals in the diflieulty. "1 am goiny
to lind out whether there is any law
in this laud to punish those respon
sible for such an outrage." said Mr
Childs, "I. am going to lay the facts
before a jury." From the heated
words that passed between the com
batants and from other facts spoket
of at Chapin it is understood tin
trouble between the two men aros?
over relations Mr. Brown understands
existed, the day before between Dr
Smith and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Browi
is said- to be now in Laurens.
For a Clean Campaign.
State Chairman Willie .Jones if
sending to all county chairmen copie?
of the law making it a misdemcanoi
to buy or obtain through any dishon
est influence the votes of people l'oi
any candidate. The law makes ii
necessary for all candidates to lib.
statements to this elTeCt with t lit
clerk of court or the secretary ol
state, both after the campaign am
after the primary election and thi
pledges must also contain an itemi/.ee
account of the money spent and how
it was used.
For a Summer School.
Spartanburg, Special.? The Spar
tanburg county summer school wil
open on the lllb of June and will In
in session for four weeks. The school
will be under the direction of tin
county superintendent of education
and the faculty will be composed ol
Prof. XV. (!. Blake and II. T. Shock
Icy, both of whom are in the public
.schools of Spartanburg.
Two Llephant Drivers Charged with
Cruelty.
( ireenviiee, Special. 7 Mr. Ilext M
1'erry , president <>1 t\c local society
for the prevention <?| cruelty to ani
mals, had two elephant drivers with
the Gentry circus arrested ami carri
ed before a magistrate on 1he chart**
of severely heatin< and abusint* 1 lie
elephants in their can*. The men Wer<
badly frightened at first, hut a com
promise was aft'eeted on a statement
from the head trainer that both ho
men were capable and kindly... The
men were released on payment of the
eosts.
Drowned in a Tub.
Barnwell, "Special. ? News has been
received her* to^thc effect that a ne
#ro chtiu about- 1 *voycar&jpJLas:c was
drowned In a tub of water a few
miles from town. It seems that the
child's mother had been washing
clothes in the yard ami Ink) left tlic
t?b of water for n few minute* and
in her absencc the little one went up
to it and fell in, drowning before it
was diseovered.
| AN Tl - DISPtNSARY M0VEMEN1
Aa Appeal to Tho Democtatir Voters
of .South Carolina.
1" tilC I >?? 1 1 H >1 Tit ? j<- <<1 1 ,
< 'arolina.
As ?-il i/ciis .,i S.-iuli t 'aroliiui op
pose, | to ill.- | .roent Still,, ilixpt m y
S\?tcm, we, (lie uii.lci '??iifueil, 4 - ; 1 1 1 ijj,.
1.11 .Mil |el|o? ?? i I i/.i-||s of like opinio!) I
to unit*, i. ir 1 he } mii ) ..ryani/ |
ing (lie opposition In III,- i!i-.ju*ii-.ii y
system.
.Sri Ilea |'| \ III oil.* Ililll.l collect I * i ? I ??
till' *1 is| M'nsii i\ system HIV lite ]><cj ?!?>
I''" Slate I Iihi ii in only h\
T-mI-i .?
,>> tiiim1 I.. i action mat me
dispensary t-iiii In- preserved. I1, is
only In default tlnu t li(> di>pcn>arv
tun win Hll.il I u'r victory, Ii.Iiiii. die
electors or in I lit- legislature, and it
wijl be foolhardy for those who doiro
its overthrow to -it supinely In ;intl ,
see lite pernicious system a^a in en
throned in power hi our common
wen It It.
Kvery sincere. pat riot ie eiti/en inn>i
regret that this is>ne should he ayaiu
I lie paranionnt question in a South
Carolina campaign. Hut as long as
the dispensary rcinains just so Ions;
will it eont imie (o be the paranionnt
issue, an. I it should therefore lie tho
desire o| every t bought l'nl eiti/en lo
see this lesieiintf sore removed and a
healthier condition secured. To this
end we invite the cooperation of all
those who helieve the Stale dispen
sary system t<? he an evil and pro
posn thill, other differing policies for
tile time being laid aside, the de
imind. first. now, lie made that the
Slate dispensary system slijill he de
?t royed.
'hi trial now lor l.'{ years, fortified
nil the time by strong support and as
truly protected by uuccasimr criticism
mid wat eh 1 illness, there is no need to
point out the evils which the Stato i
monopoly of the whiskey t rathe has j
[bred. Corruption at the foiintniuhead
?ami in its branches, drunkenness and
Hinder, woe and misery have been itk.
products. A pernicious political "iln-**
chine of gigantic proportions, with a
beavered lobby in Columbia and a
willing ring in every county, the mon
ster has waxed fat, insolent and de
fiant. The will of the people has been
perverted and suppressed, and when
finally demanding expression that de
mand has thwarted and circumvented
by appeals to the trivial technicali
ties of the law.
In IS counties the people have
spoken and in all these except two
their voice has in thunder tones repu
diated the system. In other counties
they are now ready to givo expression
to their will, awaiting Ihe summer
primary. In this primary, where the
lite or the death of the. dispensary
will h(> and should be decided, it is
vitally necessary that the opposition
to the dispensary shall be active and
united. It is only by action ami un
ion that the dispensary has been voted
out of Hi counties under the Hriee
law and by no other means than ac
tion and union can the system be
uprooted from the State.
The people are decided. It merely
remains for them to make their de
cision effective. They must choose
representatives who will repeal such
laws as they desire t<> have repealed
and who will enact such laws as they
desire enacted. Then they must put
in ollice men who, in full sym
pathy, will enforce justly and vigor
ouslv whatever laws are upon the sta
tute hooks. The people l.ave showi:
by tln'-ii* caver accept since of tie- only
opportunity accorded them, that they
helieve in the principle of local selt
!?o\ crunient . and now . lcsl tliey hav e
l his inalienable l iirlil again wreMed
Irom liiem. the tree citizens of South
( a rolina must make their sovereign
power fell. There liui-'t be elected a
iuyislnt ure which will n? ?t renounce
this principle, which will not yield
i.MV.-t be elected executive and prose
cuting olbcials \> bo will not permit
th,. law be inside a mockery tor its
undoiin:
We sUVJC-t eoii~'iliatp>n and co
operation in every county ami
throughout the Slstle fhl?l\l lie^e ends
may be attained
.!. S. Hriee, .1. c. Otis. I). Iv. Coke,
?lames A. I lt>y t. l.ouU .1. Hristow, NV.
K. Mauhlin, .los. A. Met ullougti.
\V. Hamel. W. II. Wallace, ?>. XV.
liiott, W. C. Allen. Howell .Morral!,
Clias. A. Smith. H. L. Kreeman, C. H.
Kd wards. A. H. Si.ickev. l>. I'. I'm. id
ley, Labau Mstuhlir, ( . 1. Mai tin. h.
K. Smith, .lobn A. Hruuson, C. i..
'.'#>?i'-Iiei>tone, T. 1?. "NX String.
Telegraphic Briefs
X' >
riuil Itussin lias designs of apsrre*
*?oiv in China is partly, Confirmed bv i
tlut vau*ai -lurbiihliiue the imblication |
if movements of troops in Manchuria
?
Not Vs-i thun 20,00f) men nrc sai<l j
to l>e idle in consequence of the lon#
>h^4tf?'? ?trik*. *
v Ten thousand *t ructuwl iron work
"r? in 'Buffalo anil other citic* Lavc
?tnu 1:.
! PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN
I
Report of Crop Conditions For the
Past Week as Given By the Do
pertinent of Agriculture.
flic South Carolina Section ot the
l\ ??:? t l??*r ami Crop Scr> ici* "i the l>('
I part inejtt ol Agruult tire tin'
t o 1 1 o \\ || I g 1 ill I If I III ol' t'ollll 1 1 to. i ? ll?|*
I In* paM Week:
1 he tcmpcrai tire for (lie week aver*
aged from J in '} degrees above l!ii?
normal, lint tlic weather \\a> lunch
cooler, with tin* temperature S i u t ? t -
(y below normal at tin' end ot tin*
?veek. Hie Stale )na \iiniuii t ?? in | ??? ?a -
Inie v P-f degrees at f Mil* l\\ die on
III.' 2nd and .'lid and at How man ami
nl Suminerville on tin* 'Jtul. Tin* Jnd
was the hot t est day of rccord. i 1 1 >* 1 1 1? ! -
hit; period ot thirty-six years for the
tirat week in May at Charleston. The
'State in i 1 1 i inn m temperature was .Vi
decrees at Greenville on the t It. The
minimum temperatures for the week
landed from to 7L! degrees.
There was about an average amount
ol sunshine along the coast sections,
hut over the eentral and western
eounties there was an exeess of elond
iness, 'with frequent light showers
and some heavy rains. At a number
of places in the western lui If of the
State, the rainfall was nearly twice
the normal amount, hut over the east
ern half of the State generally, there
was a marked deficiency in precipita
tion, and in .? i'cw locations droughty
conditions are reported to exist. Show
ers set in over the western and ecu
tral counties during the morning of
the 7th and it was still raining oyer
the entire State as the week ended.
The rainfall for the last two day- is
not included in the amounts given tin
her ''Observer's Heporls" hut i? ii:
( luiled in the "Special Kainlati IJe
ports." There were hailstorms m ?>
few* western counties on the ih'd.
Report of Storm Damage.
Columbia, Special.-? It was report
ed by pasengers arriving in this eily
from the northern part of the State
early Sunday night that a storm
had swept across the northwestern
section .doing great damage in Wa
halla And vicinity, the report being
that a number of houses had been
destroyed, but so far as could be
learned thofe was no loss of life. Tel
ephone and hijegraph wires were down
and these reports could not bo veri
fied. Greenville was visited by a
heavy hail storm during the after
noon.
Two Stabed to Death. ".
Columbia, S. ('., Special.? -As the
result of a fatal cut tin affair in
Scuflletown at !) o'clock Saturday
night, Burt, alias John, Satterwhite
and Charlie Huff, two young negro
men, are dead and the entire affair is
wrapped in blackest mystery. Satter
white being asked by Deputy Sheriff
Cat heart the ni<mcu of Ins assailant
gapped with his dying breath the
name of Arthur Wright. A >earch
for Wright only resulted in the dis
covery that he had lied. K.xcepf for
these few primary facts nothing is
known as the cause, manner or place
of the killing
Struck By Lightning, Home Burned
Anderson, Special. A severe thiiu
dcr storm, accompanied by a heavy
rain, hail and wind, passed over the
city late Sunday afternoon and caus
ed some damage. The two-story house
of Mrs. Fannie Hiley was struck by
lightning and completely destroyed by
fire. The loss is about $2.">ttU. Dam
age was caused by hail, some of tin
stones being an inch in diameter. No
reports of damage have been received
from the county.
State News Items.
W. II. Newbold, ill I ? ?rti'*y, has ask
<?<1 (iovcnior Hey ward for a pardon
for J. I>. Walker, a while man in
Lancaster county who was convicted
of violation, of the dispensary law
mid was lined $.*>0(1. Lancaster Avill
have neither dispensary nor hlind li
pcrs. .
Mr. \V. I'. Nicholson. member o|' the
house from Kdycfiehl, has asked (inv
crnor Meyward to nam<?-T. Aitder
son of Miliety-Six as one of the sur
? eyors tojrun the line between Aiken
:? ?.??! KdircncVtpi^onnt it's as authorized
hy the l;ts| lei: i statute.
(Jovrrnor llevward has leltrned J run.
Mr. \\ M l)ur?t of .loiuMoii that
t lie - reward ol jF1.">U otYeicd for th.';
arrest of Joe (irnnt has b?en inerens-;
< il t r? ()!' this amount the town
aut horitic.s<Ul_Jnhnston offered >"?(>
Prominent prohibitionists have <s
snj^ an address i?? the voters ol" the
frit^e, ....
/' Notes. \
Flie Comptwdler of the (Currency
closed the Delmont National) Bank nl
J) 4>)hhm*4, ask
ed fior the Monopgahela Valley Bank.
Governor Hoc)), of Kansas, was re
nominated hy the llcpnblican State
Convention. ?
The proportion ?* e?tablish a uni
versal po.ttape rate of 2 cents waa
. voted down by the International Con
vention committee in Rome.
!u VISION OP PtNSiON MONIfcS
ml les ot | h?
t?
Mil 1 1 1 1 1' I'l'St
Spartanburg, Greenville and Aiulorsou
Got a Large Sharo of t lie Appro
priation -Charleston hut Little.
The di>l rihlll inn by ??
pension moncv | >r< 1 vi; 1 1 1
uiy comparative siu?l\. Spartanburg
;is usual, ???*! s I lit' l>U;n?'M slice- .flS,?
S;{4J.'JU ln'iun tlu* l|l<?:-t populous
white county lu tin* Suite. Wichlaud
iiets only ^li,vj!I.S5. I'ollow i u vf is the
lahle :
I'ensiouers. Ain't.
.f 1. 1 .'$2.25
Abbe\ ill?'
A I
Awdel
Bamberg. .
Ha in well
Heau I oi l
Berkeley.. . . T
( Miarleston . .
( "herokec
I 'hester
t Mli'st ei Held . . .
t la r?Mulon . . . .
Colleton
DarLngton.. ..
I >o?jflf??ter . . . .
Kd*leld
Wa irliehl
Florence
I i
i ;
. . Kill
. .;$is
. .SI
. . i ;>?_?
.. . . i.j
. . 127
. . . l.'xi
. .20!!
... I 12
. . 202
. . 1 I")
. . :r>7
. . . 220
. . .07
. . 12 i
. . 121
. . .'200
Hji'etow ii r.;?
?euville
I i I VCUW oili
I lampion .
1 lorry . . .
Kershaw .
I ai neast er
I .aureus . .
:I2
. .210
. . 1 :t 1
'r.201
. .270
. . i:m
. .2 it;
. . 252
. . nit.
. . 17.'!
. .2S;j
. . 2 1 S
I ,e\ tnglou . . . . ,
Marion
M arlhoro
Ne wherry
t )co?iee
Orangeburg..
I 'iekeu.'* 255
I! iehlaixl 270
Saluda 157
Spa rtanhurg 710
Smut re . . . . I it 1
I " 1 1 ion 210
\Y iUiumshurff! ISO
Cork :ios
7,S00.70
i:i.2so :to
1.s7i.r>o
.4.0S0.05
S;to.75
2.7 1.1.75
.4,010.00
0,710.15
:i,oo7.so
0,70.4.05
.'{.770. (it)
7,055.40
r?, ')i?:t. no
2,0 1 1 .00
:i,:? 1:1.05
.4, 127.00
2,:i:ir>.so
i ,20 1 .:ir?
1 2,050.(15
:U45.oo
1.S07.25
5.270 05
:?,:W2.70
0,51H.20
7,470.70
'1, I.
ti.t520.50
5, OHO. J 5
;t,M7 1 .55
1,205.00
7,057.00
5, 1 SO. 10
0. 1 05.05
ti.SU0.S5
4.221.45
ls,s:to.20
.4,:t52.:io
5, si ) .05
4,051 .40
S, 404.05
Total $S,015 $224,1 Sti.SO
Greenville and Anderson gets largo
pension appropriat ions.
gets very little.
( Miarlestou
Commission to Investigate Proposed
Now County.
Governor I ley war <1 has appointed
the commission for the proposed new
eounty of Fairview to he formed
from parts of Greenville, Laurens
and Spartanburg counties with Foun
tain Inn as the eountv seal. The
personel of the eommission is as fol
lows: Opposed to tlu* ue\v eounty ?
I'. A. McDavid, Greenville; T. II.
Crews, Laurens; W. W. Simpson,
Woodruff; for the eounty ? B.? A.
While, Fountain Inn; C. W. Temple
ton, Siiupsonville ; Dr. G. 11. Jones,
Cresenl. Mr. White is in Greenville
county, Dr. .Tones in Laurens and Mr,
Simpson on the line between Green
ville and Spartanburg. All three, of
course, reside wilhin the territory
proposed to he cut ?dTH The com
missioners opposed to rtir* formation
of the new county reside one each iu
the old counties outside the territory
proposed to be cut off. This eommis
sion is to select one or more survey
ors and take oilier necessary steps to
see whether the requirements of the
constitution as to wealth, area, popu
lation and distance would be met if
the new county were formed. On
I heir report the Governor will order
an election or decline to order it. The
suecess of Fairview will, of course, de
feat the Greets proposition. Greers
wants to be a county seat with terri
tory from Greenville and Spartan
burg counties.
Charters Granted.
A charter vvjis t> ran ted Friday to
tin* chamber of commerce. Newberry,
The < i (Tirol's nro : I*'. Wright, presi
dent ; ( ioo. \\\ Hummer and K. K.
I loirs, vice presidents; .1. A. Burton,
.J. I). Davenport, 10. Cahiniss, ( Jeo. It
Cromer. J no. M. Kiimi'd and Heo. S.
Mower, members ? ? 1' the hoard of gov
ernors.
Caught in Driving Wheel.
Barnwell. Spoeial. -A very sad. and
in all .probability, a fatal, accident oc
curred a few miles from here on Mr.
Johnson Black's plaee. Mr. Calvin
Creeeli. a sou-in-lnw of Mr. Black,
operates a t uriiiir lathe for Mr. Black,
the power of which is obtained from
a gasoline engine. At the lime of the
accident Messrs. Johnson Black. Has
in Black and Calvin Creech were near
the engine. Mr. Creech in shutting
o<j the engine in some way got his
left arm caught in the driving wheel
and in an instant was hurlpd from liis
feet.
Struck By Heavy Street Car.
Greenville, Special. ? A heavy open
summer car of the Greenville Trac
tion company ran down and seriously
Tujureiliit Brandon stallon (lie 1*1-"
tie flvc-ycar-old dapghier of Mr..S. E.
Ccaapcn of Brandon. Terrible gashea
were cut in the child's head and sev
eral of her teeth were knocked ont.
The child was ffivpi) prompt medical
attention and will recover. It cannot
be learned where the blame for the
accident rests. \
President Roosevelt On Rate
Regulation
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(STANDS WHERE HE ALWAYS DID
?l
President in Telegram to Committee
Pennsylvania State League Saya
Hepburn Bill With Allison
Amendment Will I)o Much to Solve
ltate Problem.
W ashington, Special. - - President
rfnoscvcli reiterated his v ic\v? on rail
road rato ( ion in a telegram
in to t|n? legislative committee of
Ilif Pennsylvania Stale Grange. The
telegram follow*:
"Washington, May (5.
*' W . !?'. Hill ami Members Legislative
Committee Pennsylvania Stattt
(i range, liarrishurg, Pa:
'..'Telegram receive*!. 1 am happy
<?? it'll you that nt 1 1 only am 1 land
ing on my originul position regards
? alf legislation, hut it se.ems likely
llinl Congress will lake liiis position
too. The llt'phurn hill meets my
views, as 1 have I'roni the beginning
Mated. The Allison amendment is
nnly declaratory of what the Ilop
liurn hill must mean tmpposiug it to
he constitutional, antl no genuine
.' riend of the hill can object to it with*
! laying himself. In addition
I would he glad to get. certain amend
ments such as t hose commonly known
as the Long and Overman amend
ments; but they are not vital and even
without them the Hepburn bill with
the Allison amendment contains prae?
tieally exactly what 1 have both orj
initially and always since asked for,
and if ejuicted into law it will repre
sent the longest step ever yet. tauten
in this direction of solving the rail
way rate problem.
"THKODOKK KOO.SKVKI/1V
SOLDIER KILLED BY WALL.
First Fatality Resulting From Dyna
miting of Dangerous Walls by En
gineers it San Francisco.
San Brunei. sco, Special. ? The first
accident in connection wilh the dy
namiting of dangerous walls by en -A
ginecrs of the army, took place Sum
day. Tlie engineers were working in
the dov/n-town quarter. They had e??
ploded two charges of dynamite
dor jhe faendo of a tall rflrf W V
third large was nbout>1? fo-?M4ir
when felh/'Threfi ItOfdinMr
were buried, but a mass of twiated
steel partly shielded them, and only >.
one was hurt. For (he first time since
the earthquake all municipal depart
ments were closed except police
lions and hospitals. Coroner Walsh,
after revising his list of victims of'
lire and earthquake has informed' Ma
jor General Oreely that the. total >
number of -cases handled by his dftlce '
were 318, of which 3 .'14 were identi
fied. This heport shows 39 fewer cases
than given by previous count. Streets
of the burned region were crowded
by sight-seers. Construction of new
buildings and tearing down of ruins
continues on all sides. Several hun
dred frame buildings now appear on--,
the sites of destroyed structures, and
inundations are preparing for many
moi e.
Supt. Mynders Re-Eelected.
Nashville, Special. ? At tbo session
of the association o? State superin
tendents of the Southern States in
Lexington, Ky., Tennessee's superin
tendent, S. A. Mynders, was re-electe
ed president for his fourth term.
News Items.
Nellie Sands, the former maid of
Mrs. Duke and one of the chief wit- -
nesses in the .T. R. Duke divorce suit/'
testified to receiving valuable jewelry ,
iitid stock from Mr. Duke.
The miners* (convention opens and
a strike is confidently expected by
those in touch with the miners, rep
resentatives..
_ 1 A Threatened Calamity.
Sacramento, Cal., Special. ? A gi
gantic landslide, caused by the earth
quake. has completely damned Capay
vaj.ley.in the coal country. The dam
thai has fallen from th? mountain
side has backed up the water a hun
dred feet. It is hoped the water
will overflow gradually, but if the
tilttn gives way, then?, Svill bp serious
damage done to the tovn^^f Capav.
Hmnsev ami Uuimia are aist? threat
ened, ami the inhabitants, aggregat
ing nearly 1,000 j>eoplc. arc camped
on the hillsides. The dam could have
been blown with tjynainite earlier.
? fr
Mysterious Homicide in TwtM? >.
Nashville, T cnn., Special. ? Marvin
Wint<?r? ?h?t and iwnlawUy ?
and Thomas Stewart and bis yminjt
daughter wounded dtmng an affray
*t Stewart's hfl?we, iwr-Hawmi
View, Cheatham eoupt.v: Hr eauaa
of tlac shdotitipe jl' A tnvstery. A few
days age Stewart received a letter
warning-fcim that if he and him . .
| did not Im\t the n?>hherhe?d witW
in a few 4ny% they would he fcflhi
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